Ezra

The book of Ezra is the story of revival for a nation in ruins.
Its story begins in 538BC at the very end of the exile years in Babylon: Around about 70 years after the very first captives were taken by Babylon 605BC. Israel the nation does not currently exist.

Jerusalem was burnt to the ground following Zedekiah’s final foolish revolt 49 years earlier in 587BC and now lies in utter ruins.
There is simply no nation of God at this time. It is dead. It needs CPR, and this is
the story of how God stirred his people, and over the following 100 year period fulfilled his promise by the prophet Jeremiah/